win·dow
noun/ˈwɪndəʊ/
/ˈwɪndəʊ/
Idioms 
enlarge imagean opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc., usually covered with glass, that allows light and air to come in and people to see out; the glass in a window窗；窗户；窗口；窗玻璃 - out of the window She looked out of the window.
她向窗外看去。 - through the window He saw her through the rear window of the car.
他透过汽车后窗看到了她。 - to open/close the window
打开／关上窗户 - the bedroom/kitchen/car window
卧室／厨房／汽车窗户 - a broken window
破碎的窗玻璃 - The burglars smashed a window to get in.
窃贼打破窗户进入。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1- All the windows blew out with the force of the blast.
爆炸的力量炸飞了所有窗户。 - All the windows in the prison are barred.
监狱里所有的窗户都上了铁栅。 - He was standing at the window waiting for us.
他站在窗边等着我们。 - How does the window open?
窗子如何开？ - I rolled down the window to ask for directions.
我摇下车窗问路。 - I sat by the window to get some air.
我坐在窗户边透透气。 - It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out of the window.
雨太大了，我几乎看不清窗外。 - No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house.
这座房子所有的装饰窗都不透光线。 - She gazed out of the window at the falling snow.
她凝视着窗外飘落的雪花。 - The windows all steam up when you have a shower.
洗澡时所有的窗户都会蒙上水汽。 - The windows glinted in the sunlight.
窗户在阳光下闪闪发光。 - The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her.
那座房子的窗户居高临下阴森森地对着她。 - The windows rattle when a train goes past.
火车经过的时候，窗户被震得咔嗒作响。 - There was a vase of flowers in the window.
窗户里边摆着一瓶花。 - There was evidence that the window had been forced.
有证据表明窗子是被强行打开的。 - They threw a brick through the window.
他们从窗户扔进一块砖头。 - We caught sight of him in the window as we passed.
我们经过的时候透过窗户看到了他。 - a studio with windows looking out on the park
窗子面向公园的工作室 - Keep all doors and windows closed.
保持所有门窗关闭。 - a stained glass window
彩色玻璃窗户 - There was a view of the sky through open windows.
透过开着的窗户可以看到天空。 - She could see a field of sunflowers just outside her window.
她可以看到窗外有一片向日葵田。 - The flat has windows onto streets on two sides.
公寓两侧设有通往街道的窗户。 - A bullet shattered the window to her room.
一颗子弹打碎了她房间的窗户。 - We get our windows cleaned every two months.
我们每两个月清洁一次窗户。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- gaze out (of)
- glance out (of)
- look out (of)
- …
- close
- open
- break
- …
- frame
- ledge
- pane
- …
- at the window
- by the window
- in the window
- …
- out of the window She looked out of the window.
- (also shop window)the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public
商店橱窗 - in the window I saw the dress I wanted in the window.
我在橱窗里看到了我想买的连衣裙。 - a window display
橱窗陈列
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1- I found her looking in the window of a department store.
我发现她正盯着一家百货商店的橱窗。 - There was a sign in the window advertising for staff.
橱窗里有一个招牌，招收员工。
- in the window I saw the dress I wanted in the window.
- a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side
墙上（或信封等上）开的窗形的口；透明窗口 - There was a long line of people at the box-office window.
在售票处窗口外排了一长队人。 - We tapped on the window to get their attention.
我们轻敲窗子以引起他们的注意。 - The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.
从信封的透明窗必须能够看清楚地址。
- There was a long line of people at the box-office window.
- (computing) an area within a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown
（计算机屏幕的）窗口，视窗 - to create/open a window
新建／打开窗口
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersb1- Click on the window to make it active.
点击窗口激活它。 - If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered.
关闭几个窗口，屏幕就不会那么杂乱了。 - When you click on a link, a separate browser window opens for the new page.
单击链接时，将为新页面打开一个单独的浏览器窗口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- active
- pop-up
- browser
- …
- open
- close
- minimize
- …
- pop up
- to create/open a window
- [singular] window on/into something a way of seeing and learning about something
了解信息的渠道；窗口 - Television is a sort of window on the world.
电视是了解世界的窗口。 - It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live.
这为我提供了一个了解人们的生活方式的有趣窗口。
- Television is a sort of window on the world.
- a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long
一丝机会；短暂的时机 - We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known.
我们现在有一线机会使人了解我们的观点。 - Do you have a window next Monday?
下周一有窗口吗？
- We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.
Idioms
fly/go out (of) the window
- (informal) to stop existing; to disappear completely
化为乌有；消失殆尽 - As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.
孩子们一到，一切就都乱了套。
- As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.